Conus medullaris and cauda equina infarct in the course of thrombosis of deep veins of lower extremities
Biesek, D.; Ksiazkiewicz, B.; Wanat-Słupska, E.
Polski Merkuriusz Lekarski Organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego 17(99): 273-274
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 1426-9686 PMID: 15628057 Document Number: 579719
A 61-year man showed symptoms of conus medullaris and cauda equina syndrome. MR examination of spine and spinal cord SL section showed changes in medullary cone of ischaemial character. Spinal cord injury was probably caused by thrombosis of spinal cord venous vessels, which developed, with diabetes of the second type, in the result of appendectomy complicated by peritonitis and thrombosis of deep veins of the right shank.